Robert I. Rotberg is Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and
Director of the Belfer Center's Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution. He was Professor of
Political Science and History, MIT; Academic Vice President, Tufts; and President, Lafayette. He is the author
and editor of numerous books and articles on US foreign policy, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, including
Crafting the New Nigeria: Confronting the Challenges (2004), and Ending Autocracy, Enabling Democracy: The Tribulations of Southern Africa 1960-2000 (2002).